GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |